Hunt her

Yan Xu felt he was too kind to even glance at Yan Yan, his half-sister.

Previously at the Yan family, Yan Shan kept her under house arrest in her room. Yan Yan often threw away the food the servants made for her, leaving her hungry for two or three days at a time. She would only let her go downstairs to cook for herself when she was starving.

In the dead of winter, when the temperature drops to below zero, Yan Yan takes away her thick quilt and gives her only a summer quilt. According to Yan Yan, "My sister won't starve to death, and she certainly won't freeze to death either."

Back then, the Yan residence was a house left to Yu Zheng by her maternal grandfather. In the end, Yu Zheng divorced Yan Shan, and Yan Shan took it away under the pretext of leaving it to Yan Xu.

Bai Youyou and Yan Yan then openly and legitimately usurped each other's place.

Yan Xu, however, became the least popular person.

night.

Snow fell in Kunming, where the temperature was five degrees below zero.

The night became bright because of the white snow.

Shen Yi stood on the balcony, delighted: "Yan Xu, come quick! It's snowing!"

Yan Xu was sitting on the sofa looking at the latest financial statements. Without looking up, she simply replied, "Then put on your coat, it's going to get really cold soon."

"..." Shen Yi sighed helplessly, "You really don't understand romance at all."

Faced with his complaints, Yan Xu laughed instead of getting angry: "How is that romantic? It's just snowing."

At this moment, Shen Yi saw the snow scene outside the window, and his joy diminished by more than half. He walked over to Yan Xu, sat down, lay on her lap, and hugged her waist.

She said in a coquettish tone, "You should come with me to watch the snow, then happily kiss me and say, 'Let's go play in the snow,' that's how it should be."

How could anyone be as calm and collected as a wooden stake as her?

"Has anyone ever told you that you look like a large dog?" Yan Xu lowered his head and stroked his head, just like patting a dog's head. "You look fierce, but you can be all cute and playful."

Shen Yi said with a smug look, "You're saying I look cool? I'm alright, just average handsome."

He's quite confident, handsome, and aware of it.

Yan Xu closed the laptop, buried her head and kissed his forehead, then cupped his face affectionately: "Come on, let's go downstairs and play in the snow."

Shen Yi couldn't help but curl up his legs, clutching the hem of his clothes and pulling it down: "How about we don't go downstairs to play, let's go to the bedroom instead?"

He bit his lower lip shyly, his hand still resting on his inner thigh.

Yan Xu was embarrassed: "You're quite good at pushing your luck."

"Don't blame me!" Shen Yi protested, "Who told you to flirt with me and kiss me? I don't care, you have to take responsibility."

He had already explained all the reasons, so what else could she say?

Yan Xu took a cushion and placed it under his head, then got up and straddled him: "Shen Yi, if I go along with you again next time, I'm a dog."

Shen Yi blushed and couldn't help but let out a muffled groan: "That's good, perfect for making a pair."

"..."

Two hours later, Shen Yi cleaned up the mess on the floor, and the two put on thick clothes and went out.

Half an hour ago, Yan Xu said domineeringly, "If you want to play in the snow, come downstairs."

The first snow in Kunming fell suddenly and heavily.

A thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, branches, and the tops of streetlights.

As far as the eye can see, white has become the dominant color of the night.

Yan Xu had her hands in the pockets of her down jacket, looking up as snowflakes fell one by one onto her face, eventually melting into water.

"Bang!"

Shen Yi made a snowball and threw it at her back, teasing her cheekily, "Come on, hit me~ Come on, hit me~"

He looks no different from a jerk.

"..." Yan Xu beckoned with his finger expressionlessly, "Come here."

Thinking something was wrong, Shen Yi walked over with an innocent expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yan Xu suddenly placed his hand on the back of his neck.

"Ah!" Shen Yi screamed from the cold, "Yan Xu, you're bullying me! You just wait..."

Shen Yi squatted down and continued to make snowballs, while Yan Xu laughed and dodged away.

By the time he stood up, Yan Xu had already run more than ten meters away.

She calmly beckoned with her finger: "Come here."

Shen Yi bit her lower lip in anger: "Fine."

He ran over quickly, and the height difference allowed Yan Xu to be caught up after only a few steps.

Shen Yi wrapped his arms around her waist, pulled her into his embrace, and whispered in her ear, "Still being arrogant, baby?"

The oppressive feeling emanating from the man pressed down on her, and Yan Xu wisely admitted defeat: "I was wrong, husband."

husband......

Upon hearing those two words, Shen Yi felt an overwhelming surge of excitement, as if fireworks were exploding in his heart.

For a moment, his brain seemed to freeze, and he stared at Yan Xu in disbelief.

Did he mishear?

Yan Xu actually called him "husband".

She still called him in a coquettish and pleading tone.

By the time Shen Yi recovered from his shock and surprise, Yan Xu had already retaliated by throwing several snowballs at him.

Shen Yi, no longer caring about playing in the snow, strode over and hugged Yan Xu, saying, "Say it one more time, okay?"

"What are you shouting? I don't understand," Yan Xu pretended not to know anything, his main strategy being to flirt and then run away.

Shen Yi frowned: "You just called me husband, hurry up, I want to hear it again."

Yan Xu continued to feign ignorance: "When did I shout? You must have misheard."

Shen Yi was displeased and said with a sour face, "I'm ignoring you now, hmph, you bad woman."

As Shen Yi walked back, he kicked at the snow on the roadside to vent his frustration.

Yan Xu followed behind him and poked his waist: "Hey, don't be upset, honey..."

oh?!!!

Shen Yi suddenly stopped in his tracks, and Yan Xu bumped into his sturdy back unexpectedly.

Thankfully, the nose is real, otherwise I would have had to undergo surgery.

Yan Xu rubbed his nose: "Could you please not brake so suddenly next time? You hurt me."

Shen Yi cupped her face and kissed her forcefully, his eyes overflowing with joy: "I knew you couldn't bear to see me unhappy."

"Let's walk home!"

Princess Shen Yi picked up Yan Xu and headed home.

In the darkness, under the streetlights, a young couple braved the snow and disappeared around the corner.

Sharing a snowfall, does that mean we've already grown old together?

He carried Yan Xu the whole way, and even when he opened the door, he couldn't bear to put her down.

Yan Xu sighed helplessly, "Shen Yi is sometimes even more stubborn than me."

"Yes, I know." That's why he had the patience to coax her little by little, and he knew how to do it so that she wouldn't feel disgusted. "You can't have two different kinds of people sleeping in the same bed."

"Thanks anyway." Yan Xu put her arm around his shoulder and was carried into the bedroom.

Shen Yi lowered his eyes and gently placed her on the bed: "What are you thanking me for?"

Yan Xu's expression turned somewhat serious: "Thank you for replacing some of my bad memories."

Shen Yi knew she must be thinking about the time she spent at the Yan family.

He braced himself on either side of her body and reached out to smooth the stray hairs from her forehead: "Would you like to tell me what happened? I want to know."

Yan Xu clutched his clothes, hesitated for a long time before speaking: "I forgot how old I was when it happened. I was very young then, and they hadn't divorced yet. It was snowing outside, just like now. My mother suddenly lost control of her emotions, kicked me out of the house, and locked me out."

"At the time, I was only wearing a thin nightgown. Because there was heating at home, I wasn't cold wearing thin clothes. But as soon as I went outside, I felt like my limbs weren't my own anymore. The snow was falling heavier and heavier, to the point that I felt like I was about to be buried."

Hearing Yan Xu talk about his childhood, Shen Yi felt only heartache and guilt.

Why didn't he meet her sooner? If he had, would Yan Xu have had to suffer so much?

Yan Xu continued, "Just when I felt like I was about to freeze to death, it was Brother Jingxing, who lived next door, who took me back to his house and saved my life."

"That was the first time I truly understood that the mother who gave birth to me wanted me dead."

She never celebrated her birthday again after that.

First, her family wouldn't celebrate her birthday; second, she felt that if even the woman who gave her life wanted her dead, what was the point of celebrating her birthday?

Shen Yi kissed her cheek to soothe her: "From now on, when you see snow, you'll think of tonight."

"Okay." She will no longer resist snowy days. "Thank you."

From the bottom of my heart...